Electoral results for the district of Burwood (New South Wales)

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Burwood, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1894 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1988.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   William McMillan Free Trade
1895
1898   William Archer Independent
1901
1904   Thomas Henley Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist
 
Election Member Party
1927   Sir Thomas Henley Nationalist
1930
1932   United Australia
1935   Gordon Jackett[a] United Australia
1938   Harrie Mitchell United Australia
1941   Gordon Jackett[a] Ind. United Australia
1944   Democratic
1947   Liberal
1950
1951 by   Leslie Parr Liberal
1953
1956
1957 by   Ben Doig Liberal
1959
1962 Liberal / Independent
1965   John Jackett[a] Liberal
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978   Phil O'Neill Labor
1981
1984   Paul Zammit Liberal

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1984[edit]

1984 New South Wales state election: Burwood[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Zammit 14,377 49.9 +8.1
Labor Phil O'Neill 13,556 47.1 -8.1
Democrats Stephen Kirkham 857 3.0 -0.1
Total formal votes 28,790 97.4 +0.9
Informal votes 775 2.6 -0.9
Turnout 29,565 92.8 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Paul Zammit 14,802 51.6 +8.8
Labor Phil O'Neill 13,869 48.4 -8.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.8

1981[edit]

1981 New South Wales state election: Burwood[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phil O'Neill 14,976 55.2 +5.5
Liberal Bruce MacCarthy 11,334 41.8 -4.9
Democrats Stephen Kirkham 834 3.1 -0.5
Total formal votes 27,144 96.5
Informal votes 970 3.5
Turnout 28,114 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phil O'Neill 15,076 56.9 +2.2
Liberal Bruce MacCarthy 11,434 43.1 -2.2
Labor hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1978[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Burwood[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phil O'Neill 12,611 49.7 +9.4
Liberal John Jackett 11,836 46.7 -8.7
Democrats Stephen Kirkham 907 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 25,354 97.2 -0.8
Informal votes 736 2.8 +0.8
Turnout 26,090 91.4 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phil O'Neill 13,083 51.6 +10.0
Liberal John Jackett 12,271 48.4 -10.0
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.0

1976[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Burwood[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jackett 14,680 55.4 -1.8
Labor Peter Woods 10,687 40.3 +4.0
Workers John Coles 1,137 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 26,504 98.0 +1.0
Informal votes 550 2.0 -1.0
Turnout 27,054 92.3 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,476 58.4 -4.0
Labor Peter Woods 11,028 41.6 +4.0
Liberal hold Swing -4.0

1973[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Burwood[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jackett 14,401 57.2 +5.6
Labor Phil O'Neill 9,142 36.3 +2.5
Democratic Labor Agnes Bannon 1,642 6.5 +6.5
Total formal votes 25,185 97.0
Informal votes 765 3.0
Turnout 25,950 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,715 62.4 -1.4
Labor Phil O'Neill 9,470 37.6 +1.4
Liberal hold Swing -1.4

1971[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Burwood[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jackett 12,476 51.6 -0.1
Labor Phil O'Neill 8,184 33.8 +4.3
Independent Ben Doig 3,091 12.8 -6.0
Communist Jack Mundey 441 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 24,192 97.4
Informal votes 633 2.6
Turnout 24,825 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,164 62.7 -4.8
Labor Phil O'Neill 9,028 37.3 +4.8
Liberal hold Swing -4.8

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1968[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Burwood[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jackett 12,030 51.7 +9.8
Labor Antony Kelly 6,857 29.5 -0.3
Independent Ben Doig 4,364 18.8 -9.5
Total formal votes 23,251 96.9
Informal votes 739 3.1
Turnout 23,990 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,700 67.5 +2.0
Labor Antony Kelly 7,551 32.5 -2.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

1965[edit]

1965 New South Wales state election: Burwood[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jackett 10,125 42.9 −18.7
Labor Norman Newey 6,806 28.8 −9.6
Independent Ben Doig 6,672 28.3 +28.3
Total formal votes 23,603 98.1 −0.2
Informal votes 463 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 24,066 92.4 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,734 66.7 +5.1
Labor Norman Newey 7,869 33.3 −5.1
Liberal hold Swing +5.1
  • Ben Doig was the sitting Liberal member for Burwood, however he lost pre-selection which he blamed on his support for state aid to church schools.[13]

1962[edit]

1962 New South Wales state election: Burwood[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ben Doig 14,862 61.6 0.0
Labor Doug Sutherland 9,272 38.4 0.0
Total formal votes 24,134 98.3
Informal votes 407 1.7
Turnout 24,541 91.6
Liberal hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1959[edit]

1959 New South Wales state election: Burwood[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ben Doig 13,413 61.6
Labor John Cunningham 8,375 38.4
Total formal votes 21,788 97.6
Informal votes 525 2.4
Turnout 22,313 92.2
Liberal hold Swing

1957 by-election[edit]

1957 Burwood by-election
Saturday 16 February [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ben Doig 8,414 45.8
Democratic Labor Maurice Colreavy 3,815 20.8
Independent Liberal Henry Seldon 2,951 16.1
Independent Labor John Cunningham 2,748 15.0
Independent Edward Spensley 431 2.4
Total formal votes 18,359 97.3
Informal votes 514 2.7
Turnout 18,873 84.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Leslie Parr (Liberal) died.[16]

1956[edit]

1956 New South Wales state election: Burwood[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leslie Parr unopposed
Liberal hold  

1953[edit]

1953 New South Wales state election: Burwood[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leslie Parr 12,411 57.1
Labor William Weiss 9,311 42.9
Total formal votes 21,722 98.7
Informal votes 278 1.3
Turnout 22,000 93.2
Liberal hold Swing

1951 by-election[edit]

1951 Burwood by-election
Saturday 2 June [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leslie Parr 11,045 52.6 -5.4
Labor Cliff Mallam 7,783 37.1
Independent Rex Reynolds 2,168 10.3
Total formal votes 20,996 99.0 +3.9
Informal votes 210 1.0 -3.9
Turnout 21,206 85.9 -6.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Gordon Jackett (Liberal) died.[19]

1950[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Burwood[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon Jackett 12,587 58.0
Independent Harrie Mitchell 9,122 42.0
Total formal votes 21,709 95.1
Informal votes 1,114 4.9
Turnout 22,823 92.4
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

1947[edit]

1947 New South Wales state election: Burwood[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon Jackett 14,216 60.3 +21.7
Labor George Russell 9,361 39.7 +5.5
Total formal votes 23,577 98.7 +2.2
Informal votes 305 1.3 -2.2
Turnout 23,882 95.2 +1.4
Liberal hold Swing +7.9

1944[edit]

1944 New South Wales state election: Burwood[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gordon Jackett 8,253 38.6 +9.8
Labor Cliff Mallam 7,310 34.2 -4.7
Communist Stanley Coulton 3,010 14.1 +14.1
Liberal Democratic Keith Sutherland 2,802 13.1 +13.1
Total formal votes 21,375 96.5 -1.6
Informal votes 780 3.5 +1.6
Turnout 22,155 93.8 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Democratic Gordon Jackett 11,205 52.4 +52.4
Labor Cliff Mallam 10,170 47.6 +6.3
Member changed to Democratic from Ind. United Australia Swing N/A
  • Gordon Jackett had been elected at the previous election as an Independent UAP candidate, and held the seat as a Democratic member.

1941[edit]

1941 New South Wales state election: Burwood[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Thompson 7,950 38.9
Ind. United Australia Gordon Jackett 6,620 32.4
United Australia Harrie Mitchell 5,882 28.8
Total formal votes 20,452 98.1
Informal votes 386 1.9
Turnout 20,838 93.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ind. United Australia Gordon Jackett 11,997 58.7
Labor Albert Thompson 8,455 41.3
Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia Swing

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

1938[edit]

1938 New South Wales state election: Burwood[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Harrie Mitchell 9,199 51.0 +51.0
United Australia Gordon Jackett 8,853 49.0 -13.4
Total formal votes 18,052 92.3 -6.2
Informal votes 1,503 7.7 +6.2
Turnout 19,555 95.6 -0.9
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935[edit]

1935 New South Wales state election: Burwood[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Gordon Jackett 11,316 62.4 -1.4
Labor (NSW) Arthur Dowd 5,035 27.8 -5.0
Independent George Bland 1,792 9.9 +9.9
Total formal votes 18,143 98.5 -0.5
Informal votes 270 1.5 +0.5
Turnout 18,413 96.5 +0.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932[edit]

1932 New South Wales state election: Burwood[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas Henley 11,523 63.8 +19.6
Labor (NSW) Horace Foley 5,930 32.8 -6.4
Ind. United Australia Abraham Taylor 602 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 18,055 99.0 +1.5
Informal votes 183 1.0 -1.5
Turnout 18,238 96.0 -0.3
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930[edit]

1930 New South Wales state election: Burwood[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas Henley 7,821 44.2
Labor Francis Miller 6,937 39.2
Australian Stan Lloyd 2,813 15.9
Communist Frank Dodds 128 0.7
Total formal votes 17,699 97.5
Informal votes 460 2.5
Turnout 18,159 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Thomas Henley 9,183 51.9
Labor Francis Miller 8,516 48.1
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1927[edit]

1927 New South Wales state election: Burwood[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas Henley 8,555 69.2
Labor Henry Joyce 2,858 23.1
Independent Harry Beach 949 7.7
Total formal votes 12,362 99.0
Informal votes 121 1.0
Turnout 12,483 80.4
Nationalist win (new seat)

1920 - 1927[edit]

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1917[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Burwood[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas Henley 7,125 77.0 +9.5
Labor Arthur Apsey 2,122 23.0 -9.5
Total formal votes 9,247 99.1 +1.8
Informal votes 83 0.9 -1.8
Turnout 9,330 60.1 -8.3
Nationalist hold Swing +9.5

1913[edit]

1913 New South Wales state election: Burwood[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 5,680 67.5
Labor William Hocking 2,728 32.5
Total formal votes 8,408 97.3
Informal votes 235 2.7
Turnout 8,643 68.4
Liberal Reform hold  

1910[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Burwood[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 5,563 62.6
Labour Thomas Tytherleigh 3,325 37.4
Total formal votes 8,888 98.5
Informal votes 139 1.5
Turnout 9,027 74.8
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1907[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election: Burwood[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 3,948 55.2
Labour Thomas Tytherleigh 1,503 21.0
Independent William Archer 1,103 15.4
Independent Stapleton Rodd 600 8.4
Total formal votes 7,154 97.3
Informal votes 197 2.7
Turnout 7,351 74.4
Liberal Reform hold  

1904[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election: Burwood[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 3,265 58.5
Independent William Archer 2,299 41.2
Independent Harry McConnell 20 0.4
Total formal votes 5,584 99.3
Informal votes 38 0.7
Turnout 5,622 64.0
Liberal Reform gain from Independent  
Burwood was expanded to include part of Ashfield. The member for Burwood was William Archer (Independent). The member for Ashfield was Frederick Winchcombe (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that electorate.

1901[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Burwood[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Archer 1,084 64.6 +15.9
Liberal Reform Alexander Ralston 594 35.4
Total formal votes 1,678 99.4 -
Informal votes 10 0.6 -
Turnout 1,688 65.3 +2.8
Independent hold  

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Free Trade William Archer 700 48.7
National Federal William McMillan 647 45.0
Ind. Free Trade James Eve 90 6.3
Total formal votes 1,437 99.5
Informal votes 8 0.6
Turnout 1,445 62.5
Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade  
William McMillan had been elected as a Free Trade member, but changed to National Federal for this election.

1895[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William McMillan 730 62.5
Ind. Free Trade William Archer 439 37.6
Total formal votes 1,169 99.2
Informal votes 10 0.9
Turnout 1,179 60.4
Free Trade hold  

1894[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William McMillan 932 56.9
Labour John Quinnen 340 20.7
Ind. Free Trade Griffith Russell-Jones 192 11.7
Ind. Free Trade William Dumbrell 82 5.0
Protectionist Frederick Gipps 58 3.5
Ind. Free Trade Adam Pringle 35 2.1
Total formal votes 1,639 99.3
Informal votes 12 0.7
Turnout 1,651 82.7
Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gordon Jackett was the father of John Jackett.[4]

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